midwest freestyle championships

Registration On-Site | Complete Waivers Now

Cost $50 | t-shirt $15

Saturday, august 14th - Preliminaries | Sunday, august 15th - Semis & Finals

About 100 kayakers and canoeists from across the Midwest travel to Wausau for their chance to be the Midwest Freestyle Champion in their respective class: Beginners, Intermediates, Experts, Masters, Canoe and Womens. Participants will complete as many tricks as they can in one minute and the individual with the most points moves on to the next round.

Beginner or expert, young or old — everyone is encouraged to join us! The beginner competition has dozens of participants surfing and spinning to challenge themselves and their skills, so don’t be shy, there’s a competition class for every level. Test your skills and support other great regional paddlers.

In addition to freestyle competitions, we have a number of other fun events on Sunday including a downriver race, team event and big wave trick event as time allows.

Competition entry is $50 for the weekend and includes two days of practice water. Add an event T-shirt for $15.

Competitors will also earn a raffle ticket and a chance to score some great paddle gear!

Registrants have access to the course Thursday and Friday in addition to the competition on Saturday and Sunday. No pre-registration is available for Midwest Freestyle. When you arrive at the course, check in to register and pay. If you arrive after the water is off, registration will start again the next morning. 

Please complete our required Waivers in advance to reduce your registration time and get on the water faster.

Recreational paddling is also available at $20/per day during the competition, however you MUST avoid features where competitions are in progress.

TENTATIVE COMPETITION SCHEDULE - Start times are fluid and are subject to change. Sunday afternoon events will occur as time allows.

Start time competition
+/- 30 MIN class

Saturday
8:00 AM Boater Meeting
9:00 AM Beginner prelims
10:00 AM Intermediate prelims
11:00 AM Expert prelims
12:20 PM Pro prelims
2:00 PM Masters prelims
3:40 PM Women's prelims
4:30 PM Cadet

Sunday
8:00 AM Boater Meeting
8:30 AM Beginner Semi's and Finals
9:00 AM Intermediate Semi's and Finals
9:30 AM Expert Semi's and Finals
10:00 AM Pro Semi's and Finals
10:30 AM Masters Semi's and Finals
11:00 AM Women's Semi's and Finals
11:30 PM Team Event
12:30 PM Wave Throwdown at Big Drop
1:00 PM Boater X
3:30 PM Prize Drawing (or after last event is complete)